Friday, August 1, 2014

Because we
have been in the United States (Minnesota) since late June, we were not on
Corregidor when the major typhoon struck the island.The only information that we received was
that the Rock took a massive hit: trees were down and blocking the roads; in
some cases, uprooted trees lifted and broke water pipelines that run nearby; some
historic buildings were damaged; and Sun Cruises had to suspend their day-trips
for a while.We do not know any more
than that, as no one who has actually seen the damage has contacted us, so at
this point we don’t know what we will see upon our return.

As luck
would have it, a robin decided to lay her eggs in a planter hanging on the
porch of Steve’s mother Mary Anne’s house.Our arrival at her house coincided with the little birds as new
hatchlings.We were able to watch them
for all of ten days.It’s amazing how
quickly they mature.The series of
photos only covers a couple of weeks.

Four robin's eggs laid in the nest before we arrived

Four hatchlings as seen on our first day with Mom

Two days later; somebody's HUNGRY this morning!

Notice how visible the feathers are already

Cautious mama or papa, with little one peeking out below

Ten days old, and ready to fly

We brought a
number of copies of Steve’s book with us to the States.If you have not gotten one and would like to
purchase an autographed copy, please contact us at steveandmarciaontherock@gmail.com for more information. (A comment to the blog does no good unless you include contact information.)

We are pleased to announce that the book is
now available in a Kindle edition on Amazon.Simply go to amazon.com and search for “Kwiecinski Corregidor” or “Honor
Courage Faith”.

Our
immediate plans are to travel to Michigan to spend a week with family and
friends.We hope to see some of you
there.For our friends in the
Philippines, we’ll be back in early September, hopefully with good news from
Corregidor.

About Me

We retired in our mid-50's and moved to Corregidor, a WWII battlesite in the Philippines. Steve's father Walter fought and was captured there by the Japanese, but survived the war. Steve wrote a book about his father, "HONOR, COURAGE, FAITH: A Corregidor Story," which is available in paperback in the Philippines, and on Amazon Kindle worldwide.
Steve and Marcia loved to entertain guests on Corregidor and take them to out-of-the-way places on the island. They also host tours for Valor Tours, LTD of San Francisco.